Oral history interview with Lourdes Arizpe, 2002

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Name: Arizpe S., Lourdes (Interviewee); Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Lourdes Arizpe, 2002
Abstract: Early life, multicultural/lingual childhood in Argentina and Mexico, university studies in interpreting and anthropology, study of Mexican Indians, relationship between research and activism. Assistant director-general for culture at UN, new ways of looking at culture and development, globalization, universal human rights, the dangers of cultural relativism, women and gender. Wealthy countries lose spiritual/cultural development, finding a balance between culture and development, distribution of wealth. Ideological role of the UN, time with UNESCO, time in academia/research, importance of interdisciplinary and global cooperation
Collection Name: United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects: Economic development--Social aspects; Globalization; Cultural relativism; Culture and globalization; Women--Social conditions; Human rights; Arizpe S., Lourdes; United Nations Officials and employees; Unesco
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2002

Note (Biographical): Assistant Director General for Culture, United Nations
Note: Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on May 9, 2002
Note (Provenance): Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13683195
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3qhg-8267
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.